From March 24 to April 11, Korea Industrial, Technical, & Academic Information Service Co., better known as KITIS, hosted an online event named “IEL Searching Quiz Contest.” The KAIST Herald met with the event supervisor, William Song, to hear his intentions on the quiz contest and the uses of IEL and IEEE programs.

From March 24 to April 11, Korea Industrial, Technical, & Academic Information Service Co., better known as KITIS, hosted an online event named “IEL Searching Quiz Contest.” The KAIST Herald met with the event supervisor, William Song, to hear his intentions on the quiz contest and the uses of IEL and IEEE programs.

This year, Blossom wrote history by enlisting foreigners in the Undergraduate Student Council and creating the Bureau of International Relations. This is the first time in Korean history that a university student council has accepted foreigners. Yernazar Kairat was chosen as the leader of the Bureau of International Affairs. The KAIST Herald sat down with Yernazar for an interview.

Recently on Ara (the university’s online forum), controversy arose as a member of the KAIST Central Administration stepped down from his position after being indicted for charges of violence against a fellow student. Should a person’s history be an indicator of future performance or should the present oversee past mistakes? The KAIST Herald presents two perspectives.

With WikiLeaks, Edward Snowden has opened the ultimate Pandora’s Box concerning the interrelation between society and cyber technology. From an ethical standpoint, the issue questions the governmental obligations to and boundaries from its people, and the extension from “real life” to the virtual is a novel problem yet unsolved. And as students in science, perhaps we have the ability and social ob

The past issue of The KAIST Herald kicked off this series of articles on writing and the responsibilities of the writer by addressing the yellow journalism and “keyboard warriors” that are rampant online. My colleague also aptly pointed out the important role of web portals in shaping the new generation’s worldview, and how most Korean sites fail to promote stories that contribute to our youth’s i

I am sure the word “recitation class” is one of the most frequently used terms in KAIST. Recitation session is an unavoidable and a bit stressful part of KAIST life. Hence, there are controversial discussions constantly going on about recitation classes, and each year, the student council comes up with compromising policies due to these complaints.

The Genius is a reality television show in which participants from various backgrounds compete in a survival game. Every round consists of several games that primarily test players’ intelligence and luck. Despite being a cable television show, The Genius has built a large fan base over two seasons especially among college students, recording a maximum viewer rating of 2.6%. Not long after the show

New to KAIST this semester is BORAKAI, a five-minute news program that is aired online each Sunday. Following BORAKAI’s first broadcast on March 9, The KAIST Herald conducted an interview with Seung Hoon Choi, the producer, to find out more about BORAKAI’s activities.

2013 was quite the year. KAIST underwent new political figures (KAIST International Students Association President Amalina Wahab, and the Undergraduate Council Blossom), changes in infrastructure (Office of Advising and Supporting for International Students becoming International Scholar and Student Services, Tae Wul Gwan’s (N13)new cafeteria Grillcook), and increased international reputations (in

Another warm and joyful spring semester has arrived with its lively signs appearing at all corners of our campus. Alongside these signals, KAIST International Students Association (KISA) is also greeting the semester with fresh and renewed enthusiasm as it welcomes its new president – Amalina Wahab. The KAIST Herald met with the president to discuss her plans for the future of KISA.

Dear Readers,Spring has bloomed and so have our semester at KAIST. Despite having been only four weeks into the semester, a cycle seems to have already formulated: wake up to an alarm (only to hit the snooze button), rush to classes without having to look at the schedule, and pour over homework due the next day. Of course, this does not do justice in describing the entirety of our lives, but it do

KAIST Lefthanded is a new student forum that focuses on human rights for minorities, especially sexual, physical, and cultural minorities. They welcome all KAIST students, and is the first forum of its kind at KAIST. The KAIST Herald met with one of its members, Se Won Park, for an interview.

I am not a journalist but a student (in a field relatively distant from professional writing at that) and little pushes me towards writing artfully or considering the philosophies of writing in the grand scheme of society. However, I have experienced, as probably have my colleagues, that having my name printed on an official news article monthly has affected me in my ways of perceiving our writing

Every new semester, we come back to a campus plastered with promotion posters from student clubs an organizations. Keen on catching the eye of potential recruitsw, some clubs go beyond the standard levels of creativity and humor to breach that fine line between profanity and offense. The KAIST Herald provides two perspectives on whether regulations of contents are needed.

As new freshmen are filling the campus with vibrant energy, we realize that changes can be good. Such changes occurred not only in the student community but also at the KAIST Clinic Pappalardo Center (E21): a new psychiatrist joined the Stress Clinic. The KAIST Herald met with Kwang Yeon Choi for further information.

Imagine yourself standing in the queue for hours together just to get humble toilet paper or everyday food requirements, and even after the long wait you find nothing but vacant shelves. You are walking on the street, but you have no idea what could happen to you the next minute, owing to the bubbling crime rate. You stand protesting, sometimes peacefully, against the government which has failed t

Over 40 students have been asked to leave the room in the first class of the first day of school. Among these were 20 Korean and 6 international hoogies (a term that refers to students who enter KAIST in the fall semester) of the entering class of 2013. While problems of student overflows and course authorizations recur at the beginning of every semester, situations were more serious this time: on

This December issue of The KAIST Herald, volume 127, will be the last that I contribute to as a reporter. Having begun as a junior staff reporter in my entering semester of fall 2009, my long-standing affiliation with this organization has seen the publication of 32 monthly issues that I either wrote for or edited. The KAIST Herald has played a prominent part in shaping my lifestyle at KAIST and w

While watching the popular Korean drama Reply 1994, people are having a deep longing for the past. Including the old-fashioned items, such as pagers and the Magic Eye book, that were introduced, everything shown in the drama is becoming a hot issue. Famous songs, popular fashion styles, college life, memorable sports games, most popular movies, and dramas of the year 1994 and other elements of the